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county seat
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administrative center for a county or civil parish in the United States
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- administrative centre
- Country
- United States
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- County seats in the United States
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- Category:County seats of the United States
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Encyclopedic overview
A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish. The term is in use in six countries: Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, Taiwan, and the United States. An equivalent term, shire town, is used in the U.S. state of Vermont and in several other English-speaking jurisdictions.
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